Sample name: Abismo Iguatemi

Reference: M. C. Castro and M. C. Langer. 2011. The mammalian fauna of Abismo Iguatemi, southeastern Brazil. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 73(2):83-92 [ER 3126]

Lithology: claystone

Taphonomic context: cave

Habitat comments: "The deposits in the cave are mainly composed of black to reddish clay associated with larger clasts of limestone, filite, and calcite crust... likely sources of bioclasts are (1) the fall of animals into the natural trap, (2) floating carcasses or (3) isolated specimens of animals that died upslope and were washed into the cave, and (4) the animals that lived and died inside the cave. Based on the discussion above, we believe that most of the recovered material entered the cave from the third source"

Life forms: bats,carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 320 specimens

Years: 2001

Sampling comments: "collected during September 2001... Along with the blocks of sediment containing the micro-remains, macrofossils were recovered from the bottom of the cave, but no stratigraphic or taphonomic information was recorded... The blocks of sediment were disintegrated in water and screen-washed using a 1 mm mesh"

Sample number: 3414

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-08-31 13:37:06

Modified: 2019-08-31 03:37:06